Improvement in running-gear for wagons



e.. M s-EXTON, or AURORA, IIQLINers;A

i Letters Patel/it No. 81,217, dated August 18, 1868.

s IMPROVEMENT IN RUNNING-GEAR FOR WAGONS.

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Be it known that I, C. M. SEXTON, o f Aurora,-in thc county of Kane, and in the State ci' Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Wagons; and do hereby-,declare that tho following is a full, clear, and exact .description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,` making a part ofr this specification, in .which- Figurel is aplan' ofthe bottom oi' the wagon'.

-FigurcQ-is a side' elevation, with the wheels and side ot" rbody removed.

Figure 3 is an end elevation, with the wheels and end of body removed.

My invention consists in un mprovedmethod oi' turning or vcramping the rear, as well as front axle, and in a more perfect manner of suspending the body by springs, whereby the rocking and tilting' experienced when ordinary springs are used are a'voided, and ease and steadiness securod.` i

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.YA

A represents the wheels, B the front, and C the rear axle.-

. D represents a. trussed support, resting upon the rear axlel C, upon the top of which is a saddle; E, to which the body -is hung. f

'The support D is connected at its outer ends with the front saddle, F, by two ilat bars or braces, G, and in the centre by the reach II. x I

` The frontiaxlc, B, is connected with the running-gear in the usual manner, while the rear axle, C, is divided in the centre,andea ch half att-ached to the outer ends ot' the support D by a bolt, d, which passes through the brace G, support D, axle C, and a. small brace, g, forming'a joint upon which each half of tho axle turns.

Upon the rear end ofY the reach H is a double guide, L, each side of which is an are of a circle, of which the joint d is the centre, in which lthe inner vends ot' the-axle slide.

Attached near the inner ends of the axle C arc rods, I, the front ends of which arecoupled to the 'braces .K by a bolt, c, which passes through n. slot in the plates L, attached to the outer ends ci the front axle B, allowing the ends of the reds to move laterally. Thev braces K are connected with the reach H, at m, by a belt, upon which they turn.

The operation of this running-gear is as follows-vizi:

In'describing a circle with the wagon, the front axle is turned or cramped in the usual manner, the inner end'pushingback thceorresponding half of the ieai'axle by the rods L whilethe opposite endapulls forward the other half of the rear axlc the adjustment of the plates L and braces K being such that lines radiating from the centre of the circle would pass through the centre lengthwise of the front axle and each half of the rear axle,'so that the face Qfcach wheel is at all times at a right angle to a line passing through the centre of' the circle being described. v

The rear wheels describe the saine circle as the front wheels, se that the former will pass anythin'g'that the latter will clear, and enables lthis wagon to turn in less space than is required by others.

H represents half-elliptic springs, two upon cach side, fastened to the body-frame by bolts through the centre of `each, the eutside ends of which are suspended from the saddles by hangers, 0, while the inner ends are suspended by like hangers, o, to opposite ends of a strap, P, which passes over a. pulley, Q, attached to the end of an equalizer, R.

i S represents u support, secured to the body, at its lower end, by a bolt passing through the bot-tom, while upon its upper end is a clevis-joint, in which the contre of thc equalizer R rests. i I

The equalizer is placed under the sent, where-it isentirely out of the way.

This manner of suspending the body'givcs the greatest ease and comiortpossible, as the shock received by one of the wheels is, by-means of the straps, pulleys, and equalizer, distributed equally to each spring, so that the body retains a. level position, regardless of the inequalities o i the road, while tho hangers allow sufficient end-motion to obviatc the slight interruptions to a uniform rate oi' speed occasioned by passing over stones er other obstructions. f

Hoving thusfully described the nature an merits of my improvemontfwhat Lcloim as my invention, and l desireto ecure by Letters Patent, ig-T i A The combna'ton'and arrangement bfthe divded axle C,'doublo guide le, rods Lbnoes K,'and lslotted plates L, substantially herein sot forth. y

' I also claimthe hangers O 0, strap P, pulleys'Qg'oqunlizenR, and lsprings I-I,v when constructed and used for the purpose substantially :1s-herein s'pcciiied. o In testimony that I `cluiinv the foregoing, I lmvehereuito sot my hond, this sixth. doy of April, 1868.- f A VC. M. SEXTON.

Witnessei D. G. PRATT,

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